Major League Baseball
Houston Astros
9
Kansas City Royals
3
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Chris Carter hit two home runs, George Springer set a rookie club record for homers in a month and the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 9-3 on Wednesday for their fifth straight win.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
Pitch 6: foul
B Hayes homered to left (387 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
C Carter homered to left (401 feet), G Springer and M Dominguez scored.
O Infante hit sacrifice fly to left, J Dyson scored, N Aoki to second.
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
C Carter homered to left (370 feet).
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Escobar doubled to left, E Hosmer scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
C Corporan doubled to deep left, R Grossman scored.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
End of the 9th
J Paredes grounded out to second.
Pitch 1: in play
J Paredes batting
N Aoki flied out to left.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
N Aoki batting
J Dyson walked, P Ciriaco to second.
Pitch 5: ball 4
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Dyson batting
B Hayes lined out to right.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
B Hayes batting
P Ciriaco singled to center.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
P Ciriaco batting
K Farnsworth relieved D Downs.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
M Dominguez struck out swinging.
Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
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HOU wins series 3-0
Norichika AokiRF11
Omar Rafael Infante2B14
Alex GordonLF4
Billy ButlerDH36
Eric Hosmer1B51
Alcides EscobarSS3
Pedro Ciriaco3B15
Brett Gregory HayesC8
Jarrod DysonCF1
Jimmy Santiago Paredes2B41
Jose Altuve2B27
George SpringerRF4
Dexter FowlerCF25
Matt Scott Dominguez3B28
Chris CarterDH48
Jesus Guzman1B29
Robbie GrossmanLF8
Carlos CorporanC17
Jonathan VillarSS19
Alex PresleyCF47
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